Snap-fastening slide-buckle.



R. HYDE, JR. SNAP FASTENING SLIDE BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED DE0.22,1906.

Patented Sept. 29, 1908.

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THEOPHILUS R. HYDE, JR, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO SCOVILL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF WATERBURY,'CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF 7 CONNECTICUT.

SNAP-FASTENIN G SLIDE-BUCKLE.

Patented Sept. 29, 1908.

Application filed December 22, 1906. Serial No. 349,062.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEOPHILUS R. HYDE, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Snap- Fastening Slide-Buckles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to adapt the well-known snap-fastener to slide or adjustable buckles for belts and other-articles of wearing apparel and for other uses.

The invention is susceptible of a variety of forms, but one embodiment thereof consists of a slide buckle comprising arim of pearl, horn, metal or combmations of these and other substances, and a plate containing the snap-fastener element, and having,

when desirable or necessary, associated with it a reinforce and a guide plate, either or both, the rim and plate being connected in such way as to leave opposite slots between edges are formed by the rim and plate to receive the belt or other article and ermit of thesliding adjustment of the buokl e upon the same, so as to change the effective length of such belt or other article, all as will be described and then particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, in which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is a to plan View having the ornamental rim brol en out-and exposing part of the eripheral portion the remainder of which is shown in dotted lines; Fig. 2 is a cross-section taken in the plane of line A B; Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view, and Fig, 4 is a cross-section taken in the plane of line C D, showing in dotted lines the belt passed through the buckle, and all illustrating one embodiment of the invention. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of another form. Fig. 6 is a top plan view of another form. Fig. 7 is a ripheral the several figures of Referring now to the construction shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, this rim 1 is made as a circle, and it has secured within it a beltreceiving and stud-engaging plate 2. This plate has a crowned center made with a central opening having a down-turned flange 3. Said plate also has a, peripheral portion 4, and between the portion 4 and the center 2 are slots or openings 5. These slots leave portions 6 integral with thecenter and peportion, and these portions 6 are bent in such way as to bring the peripheral portion 4 on a level with the bottom of the rim '1, to which rim the peripheral portion is attached by rivets 7 or other suitable means. Within the central opening of plate 2 is arranged a stud-engaging member 8, said stud (not shown) being the complemental member of the buckle. This studengaging member may be slitted and thus made resilient for use in connection with a rigid stud, or it may be noh-resilient for engagement with a spring stud. The" studengaging member is secured in the opening in the center of the plate in any suitable manner, as by tongues 9 struck up out of the plate and turned over into the stud-engaging member. Also struck u from the plate 2 are prongs or spurs 10, w ose points extend toward the center of the late.

As indicated by dotted belt 11 is passed up underneath the rim through that one of the slots 5 next to which the prongs 10 are arranged, and is then passed over the top of the plate 2 and down through the opposite slot and underneath the opposite'side of the rim, thus concealing the central part of the buckle and exposing practically only the rim. Upon a backward pull upon the belt, the prongs 10 catch in its substance and thus firmly hold it in place.

The peripheral portion 4 corresponds in greatest extent and contour, but not necessarily in width, with the rim of the buckle. As illustrated in. Figs. 1 and3, the rim being an annulus, so also is the portion 4, and in order to describe this correspondence in a word, the portion 4 may be said to be complemental to or continuous with the rim.

As shown in Fig. 5, the peripheral portion 4 is replaced by ears 12, by which the metal portion is riveted to the rim; and in order to relieve the strain on the rivets, the ears 12 may be flanked by flaring ears 13 bearing against the bottom of the rim.

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As shown in Fig. 6, an oval rim 1. may be used, made of metal, and the plate 2 may be soldered or brazed on this metal rim by means of ears 14.

As shown in Fig. 7, the rim may be composite, and made after the manner of a clothcovered button, wherein 15 is the top, and 16 the finishing material of cloth, celluloid, leather, or other material, having its ends tucked in under the edge of the top 15 and held therein by a collet 17, to which collet the plate 2 is riveted.

As shown in Fig. 8, any of the constructions above described may be provided with a bottom plate 18, having a central opening 19 surrounding the mouth of the stud-engaging member and serving to guide the stud into engagement with the stud engaging member and riveted to the rim by the same rivets 7 as are used to attach the plate 2 to the rim.

As shown in Fig. 9, instead of using a plate like the plate 18 for this guide or finder, I may use a cup-shaped plate 20, depending from the plate 2 and secured thereto by prongs 21 extending up through holes in the plate 2 and clenched or riveted or soldered or otherwise fixed to the said plate.

As shown in Fig. 1.0, I may use a blind rivet 22 instead of a through-rivet for uniting the rim and plate.

The flange 3 serves to reinforce the studengaging member, especially if it be resilient, against the strains to \Vl'ilCll it is subjected in use, and prevents the overcoming of its elastic limit. The finder contributes to this result also.

In the construction shown in Figs. 1. to 4, the portion 1 may be arranged in a rabbet in the back of the rim, so as to be flush with the said back.

In those forms of the invention in which the portion 4 is omitted, as in Figs. 5 and 6,

the slots 5 are formed by spaces between opposite edges of the plate and the rim.

The invention is susceptible of a variety of embodiments containing the principle of a buckle slidable upon a belt and thereby adjustable at pleasure with relation to the complemental member of the fastening so as to vary the effective length of the belt to adapt l it to ditierent sizes, and having an exposed portion, more or less ornamental, or of greater or less ornamental character, and cooperating with the stud-engaging 1110111l101 to receive and retain the belt. Variability oi the construction and arrangement of the socalled finder is also within the spirit and claimed.

hat I claim is 1. A snap-fastening slide buckle, having a rim and a metal plate secured thereto, there being opposite slots between the rim and plate whose opposite edges are formed by the rim and plate.

2. Areiniorced snap-fastenin g slide buckle, composed of a rim and a metal plate attached to said rim, there being opposite slots between the rim and plate whose opposite edges are formed by the rim and plate, said slots serving to receive the article to which the buckle is applied and permit the sliding adjustment of the buckle thereon, and prongs on the plate to engage the article to which the buckle is applied 3. A reinforced snap-fastening slide buckle, having a rim, and a metal plate having portions underlying the rim and fixed thereto, opposite belt-receiving slots being provided between the rim and plate.

4. A snap-fastening slide buckle, having a rim, a metal plate having a peri iheral por tion coniplemental to and underlying the rim and secured thereto, opposite belt-receiving slots being provided between the rim and plate, and a guide plate arranged beneath the ilirst-named plate.

5. A snap-fastening buckle, having a rim, and a metal plate having a peripheral portion continuous with and underlying the rim and riveted thereto, opposite belt-receiving openings being provided between the rim and plate.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of December A. l). 1906.

THEOPHI'IJUS R. HYDE, Jn.

itnesses:

CHARLES FEIIL, In. B. Rioes.

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